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Alligator appleAlligator Al"li*ga`tor, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el
lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L.
lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See Lizard.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile
family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader
snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal
notches. Besides the common species of the southern United
States, there are allied species in South America.
2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
(a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
ball;
(b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
(c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also alligator
press.
Alligator apple (Bot.), the fruit of the Anona palustris,
a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
properties. --Loudon.
Alligator fish (Zo["o]l.), a marine fish of northwestern
America (Podothecus acipenserinus).
Alligator gar (Zo["o]l.), one of the gar pikes
(Lepidosteus spatula) found in the southern rivers of
the United States. The name is also applied to other
species of gar pikes.
Alligator pear (Bot.), a corruption of Avocado pear. See
Avocado.
Alligator snapper, Alligator tortoise, Alligator turtle
(Zo["o]l.), a very large and voracious turtle
(Macrochelys lacertina) inhabiting the rivers of the
southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of
two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to
which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a
scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This
name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
Trionyx.
Alligator wood, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
(Guarea Swartzii).

Apple borerLongicornia Lon`gi*cor"ni*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. longus long +
cornu horn.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of beetles, including a large number of species,
in which the antenn[ae] are very long. Most of them, while in
the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of
trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and
shade trees. See Apple borer, under Apple, and Locust
beetle, under Locust.

Apple of discordDiscord Dis"cord`, n. [OE. discord, descord, OF. discorde,
descorde, F. discorde, from L. discordia, fr. discors,
-cordis, discordant, disagreeable; dis- + cor, cordis, heart;
cf. F. discord, n., and OF. descorder, discorder, F.
discorder, to discord, L. discordare, from discors. See
Heart, and cf. Discord, v. i.]
1. Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony
in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and
strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things,
and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes.
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that
soweth discord among brethren. --Prov. vi.
19.
Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in
all parts of the empire. --Burke.
2. (Mus.) Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear
harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability
of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical
concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a
concord.
For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers
sounds m???ing. --Bacon.
Apple of discord. See under Apple.
Syn: Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing;
dissension; contention; strife; disagreement;
dissonance.

Apple pieApple pie Ap"ple pie`
A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice
and sugar.
Apple-pie bed, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so
doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to
prevent any one from getting at his length between them.
--Halliwell --Conybeare.
Apple-pie order, perfect order or arrangement. [Colloq.]
--Halliwell.

Apple-johnApple-john Ap"ple-john`, n..
A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; --
called also Johnapple. --Shak.

Apple-pie bedApple pie Ap"ple pie`
A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice
and sugar.
Apple-pie bed, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so
doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to
prevent any one from getting at his length between them.
--Halliwell --Conybeare.
Apple-pie order, perfect order or arrangement. [Colloq.]
--Halliwell.

Apple-pie orderApple pie Ap"ple pie`
A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice
and sugar.
Apple-pie bed, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so
doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to
prevent any one from getting at his length between them.
--Halliwell --Conybeare.
Apple-pie order, perfect order or arrangement. [Colloq.]
--Halliwell.

Chess-appleChess-apple Chess"-ap`ple, n.
The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis).

Custard appleCustard Cus"tard (k?s"t?rd), n. [Prob. the same word as OE.
crustade, crustate, a pie made with a crust, fr. L. crustatus
covered with a crust, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta crust;
cf. OF. croustade pasty, It. crostata, or F. coutarde. See
Crust, and cf. Crustated.]
A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled.
Custard apple (Bot.), a low tree or shrub of tropical
America, including several species of Anona (A.
squamosa, reticulata, etc.), having a roundish or ovate
fruit the size of a small orange, containing a soft,
yellowish, edible pulp.
Custard coffin, pastry, or crust, which covers or coffins a
custard [Obs.] --Shak.

DappleDapple Dap"ple, n. [Cf. Icel. depill a spot, a dot, a dog with
spots over the eyes, dapi a pool, and E. dimple.]
One of the spots on a dappled animal.
He has . . . as many eyes on his body as my gray mare
hath dapples. --Sir P.
Sidney.

DappleDapple Dap"ple, Dappled Dap"pled, a.
Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted;
variegated; as, a dapple horse.
Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks. --Sir
W. Scott.
Note: The word is used in composition to denote that some
color is variegated or marked with spots; as,
dapple-bay; dapple-gray.
His steed was all dapple-gray. --Chaucer.
O, swiftly can speed my dapple-gray steed. --Sir
W. Scott.

DappledDapple Dap"ple, Dappled Dap"pled, a.
Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted;
variegated; as, a dapple horse.
Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks. --Sir
W. Scott.
Note: The word is used in composition to denote that some
color is variegated or marked with spots; as,
dapple-bay; dapple-gray.
His steed was all dapple-gray. --Chaucer.
O, swiftly can speed my dapple-gray steed. --Sir
W. Scott.

golden appleBel Bel, n. [Hind., fr. Skr. bilva.]
A thorny rutaceous tree ([AE]gle marmelos) of India, and
its aromatic, orange-like fruit; -- called also Bengal
quince, golden apple, wood apple. The fruit is used
medicinally, and the rind yields a perfume and a yellow dye.

GrappleGrapple Grap"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grappled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Grappling.] [F. grappiller, OF. graypil the grapple of a
ship, fr. graper to pluck, prop., to seize, clutch; of German
origin. See Grape.]
1. To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close
quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.
2. To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join
indissolubly.
The gallies were grappled to the Centurion.
--Hakluyt.
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.
--Shak.

GrappledGrapple Grap"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grappled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Grappling.] [F. grappiller, OF. graypil the grapple of a
ship, fr. graper to pluck, prop., to seize, clutch; of German
origin. See Grape.]
1. To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close
quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.
2. To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join
indissolubly.
The gallies were grappled to the Centurion.
--Hakluyt.
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.
--Shak.

KnappleKnapple Knap"ple, v. i. [Freq. of knap, v., cf. D. knabbelen
to gnaw.]
To break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to nibble.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

love appleTomato To*ma"to, n.; pl. Tomatoes. [Sp. or Pg. tomate, of
American Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail.] (Bot.)
The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family (Lycopersicum
esculentun); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is
called also love apple, is usually of a rounded, flattened
form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or
yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked.
Tomato gall (Zo["o]l.), a large gall consisting of a mass
of irregular swellings on the stems and leaves of
grapevines. They are yellowish green, somewhat tinged with
red, and produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly
(Lasioptera vitis).
Tomato sphinx (Zo["o]l.), the adult or imago of the tomato
worm. It closely resembles the tobacco hawk moth. Called
also tomato hawk moth. See Illust. of Hawk moth.
Tomato worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth
(Sphinx, or Macrosila, quinquemaculata) which feeds upon
the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often doing
considerable damage. Called also potato worm.